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| - | <WRAP centeralign>====== Empire Manager ======</WRAP> | + | <WRAP centeralign> |
| + | ====== Empire Manager ====== | ||
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| <WRAP justify>The Empire Manager allows you to manage your empire, conduct diplomacy, read the galactic news and to keep in touch with what happened recently. This also where you can keep track of your assets and of the missions you have accepted. | <WRAP justify>The Empire Manager allows you to manage your empire, conduct diplomacy, read the galactic news and to keep in touch with what happened recently. This also where you can keep track of your assets and of the missions you have accepted. | ||
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| - | <WRAP centeralign>===== Empire Settings =====</WRAP> | + | <WRAP centeralign> |
| + | ===== Empire Settings ===== | ||
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| - | {{ :ug:snap1236.png?direct&400|}} | + | {{ :ug:1300.empiremain.png?direct&400|}} |
| - | This first tab is where you can review and alter the general settings about your faction. It has 5 areas. | + | This first tab is where you can review and alter the general settings about your faction. It has multiple areas. |
| ==== Empire Statistics ==== | ==== Empire Statistics ==== | ||
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| This part is fairly straightforward. It displays relevant statistics about your empire: Military strength, money, ship parts, sector held, number of ship and so on. The only part needing more explanation here is the war weariness which is explained in the part of this documentation about [[ug:wars]]. | This part is fairly straightforward. It displays relevant statistics about your empire: Military strength, money, ship parts, sector held, number of ship and so on. The only part needing more explanation here is the war weariness which is explained in the part of this documentation about [[ug:wars]]. | ||
| - | ==== Independence ==== | ||
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| - | Below your flag there's a button to declare your independence. It is how you transition from a simple pilot to the leader of an emerging empire. Right now, the mechanism is fairly simple and relatively artificial, it will be improved upon during development. You are free to declare your independence whenever you want. All sectors containing a shipyard, a military base or a trading station you built will be given to you. However, if those docks were built in territories belonging to other factions, they will automatically declare war on you. | ||
| ==== Automation ==== | ==== Automation ==== | ||
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| If you play as an empire, you can also toggle on and off the following managers | If you play as an empire, you can also toggle on and off the following managers | ||
| - | * **Automated expansion and station building:** Your manager will automatically expand your borders into unoccupied territory and build the appropriate stations and factories for your empire. It is advised to keep that one enabled as it automatize several things that you can't do yet in the current version. | + | * **Automated station building:** Your manager will automatically build the appropriate stations and factories for your empire. It is only useful for large empires you no longer want to micro manage all by yourself. |
| * **Uses Shipyards to build military fleet:** If checked your manager will automatically use the ship parts you have and produce to build new war ships. Those ships will automatically defend your territory against threats. | * **Uses Shipyards to build military fleet:** If checked your manager will automatically use the ship parts you have and produce to build new war ships. Those ships will automatically defend your territory against threats. | ||
| * **Automatically send fleets against targeted sectors:** When at war, granted you have set a target sector in the menu on the right, military fleets will be automatically pulled from your current defensive pool of combat ships and used to invade said sectors. Those fleets are displayed in the [[ug:Fleet Panel]] in red. | * **Automatically send fleets against targeted sectors:** When at war, granted you have set a target sector in the menu on the right, military fleets will be automatically pulled from your current defensive pool of combat ships and used to invade said sectors. Those fleets are displayed in the [[ug:Fleet Panel]] in red. | ||
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| * **Put bounties on enemy ships:** This option can cost some money. Your faction will put bounties on hostile ships, mainly pirate raiders. As such you will attract more bounty hunters that will, in turn, distract pirates from your precious cargo ships. | * **Put bounties on enemy ships:** This option can cost some money. Your faction will put bounties on hostile ships, mainly pirate raiders. As such you will attract more bounty hunters that will, in turn, distract pirates from your precious cargo ships. | ||
| - | If you keep everything automated, your empire will run itself automatically without your input. The only part you still fully control is the diplomacy. | + | If you keep everything automated, your empire will basically run itself automatically without your input. The only part you still fully control is the diplomacy. |
| ==== War Management ==== | ==== War Management ==== | ||
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| ==== Money Management ==== | ==== Money Management ==== | ||
| - | This is where you handle your money. Each account has a specific role. We use separate accounts to make sure the AI (and by extension your managers) is able to spend credits efficiently. | + | This is where you handle your money. We use separate accounts to make sure the AI (and by extension your managers) is able to spend credits efficiently. |
| - | * **Trading:** This account is used for everything you buy directly (trading wares, ships, weapons..). If you are not an empire (yet) this is of course, by far, the most important account. | + | * **Trading:** This account is used for everything you buy directly (trading wares, ships, weapons..). If you are not an empire (yet) this is of course, by far, the most important account. If you do not have enough in this account to make a purchase, the game will try to use the money in the other accounts as well. |
| - | * **Station Building:** If you have a dock building ship, this account is used to build your factories and trading stations. If you are an empire, this account will be used by your manage to build those docks as well. | + | * **Station Building:** Used by the managers (if set) to buy factories and trade stations. |
| - | * **Military Building:** This account is used when you (or your manager) are building the expensive military bases and shipyards. Later on during development it will be used as well to replace destroyed fighters hosted in carriers and docks. | + | * **Military Building:** Used by the managers (if set) to buy military bases and cover general military expenses. |
| * **Diplomacy:** This account is exclusively used for diplomatic deals. Tributes, cease fire agreements and other diplomatic actions will use money put into this account. | * **Diplomacy:** This account is exclusively used for diplomatic deals. Tributes, cease fire agreements and other diplomatic actions will use money put into this account. | ||
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| - | <WRAP centeralign>===== Asset List =====</WRAP> | + | <WRAP centeralign> |
| + | ===== Colony List ===== | ||
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| - | <WRAP justify>{{ :ug:snap766.png?direct&200 |}} | + | </WRAP> |
| + | <WRAP justify>{{ :ug:1300.empirecolonies.png?direct&300 |}} | ||
| - | From this tab you can see all your ships, factories and stations. It offers various filtering options. Right clicking an item in the list will open a popup menu with additional options (center camera, take control and open settings). Double click an object to directly access it's setup menu. | + | From this tab you can see all the colonies under your control alongside relevant stats. Double click a colony to open the colony manager. |
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| - | <WRAP centeralign>===== Missions =====</WRAP> | + | <WRAP centeralign> |
| + | ===== Policies ===== | ||
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| - | <WRAP justify>{{ :ug:snap704.png?200 |}} | + | </WRAP> |
| + | <WRAP justify>{{ :ug:1300.empirepolicies.png?direct&300 |}} | ||
| - | You can review the missions you have accepted here. Clicking a mission will set it as your current one which result in highlighting (with a red square) the mission's target(s). | + | Once you've conquered a couple locations, you may want to review this menu. It allows you to set various policies for your faction, including who can enter your territory or use your warpgates. |
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| - | <WRAP centeralign>===== Diplomacy =====</WRAP> | + | <WRAP centeralign> |
| + | ===== Diplomacy ===== | ||
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| - | <WRAP justify>{{ :ug:snap763.png?200 |}} | + | </WRAP> |
| + | <WRAP justify>{{ :ug:1300.empirediplomacy.png?direct&300 |}} | ||
| - | This is the diplomacy screen, it list all the different factions, their military strength and their attitude toward you. You can either use the 'contact' button or double click the list to contact a faction. So far you can only declare war and peace, but here again much more options will be unlocked gradually during development. | + | This is the diplomacy screen, it list all the different factions, their military strength and their attitude toward you. You can either use the 'contact' button or double click the list to contact a faction. Check the chapter about [[ug:diplomacy]] for more information. |
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| - | <WRAP centeralign>===== Galactic News =====</WRAP> | + | <WRAP centeralign> |
| + | ===== Galactic News ===== | ||
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| - | <WRAP justify>{{ :ug:snap767.png?200 |}} | + | </WRAP> |
| + | <WRAP justify>{{ :ug:1300.empirenews.png?direct&300 |}} | ||
| - | That's self explanatory. This page lists the major news in the galaxy: Declaration of war/peace, sectors changing hand and so on. | + | That's self explanatory. This page lists the major news in the galaxy: Declaration of war/peace, sectors changing hand and so on. It also log important events in relation with your faction. |
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| - | <WRAP centeralign>===== Journal =====</WRAP> | + | <WRAP centeralign> |
| + | ===== Missions ===== | ||
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| - | <WRAP justify>{{ :ug:snap768.png?200 |}} | + | </WRAP> |
| + | <WRAP justify>{{ :ug:1300.empirestats.png?direct&300 |}} | ||
| - | This is where you can track news relevant to your ships and empire. Content can be customized in the last tab. | + | You can review the missions you have accepted here. Clicking a mission will set it as your current one which result in highlighting (with a red square) the mission's target(s). |
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
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| - | <WRAP centeralign>===== Event Logging =====</WRAP> | + | <WRAP centeralign> |
| + | ===== Events ===== | ||
| + | </WRAP> | ||
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
| - | <WRAP justify>{{ :ug:snap769.png?200 |}} | + | <WRAP justify>{{ :ug:1300.empireevents.png?300 |}} |
| This tab allows you to set how events relevant to your empire / fleet / lone ship will be handled. For each type of event (ship killed, station built, and so on), you can log in your journal, on screen, both or none. And for some relevant ones you have the ability to center the camera on it, giving you a (slim) chance to save this poor transport choke-full of weapons from nasty pirate raiders. | This tab allows you to set how events relevant to your empire / fleet / lone ship will be handled. For each type of event (ship killed, station built, and so on), you can log in your journal, on screen, both or none. And for some relevant ones you have the ability to center the camera on it, giving you a (slim) chance to save this poor transport choke-full of weapons from nasty pirate raiders. | ||
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